If you don’t know him, John Hegley is wonderful poet and wordsmith. His poems are influenced by personal experiences from childhood and beyond, which include: wearing glasses, his love of dogs, his relationship with his father and his grandparents, his French connections, and growing up in London.

In his book of children’s poems, whilst containing many, many funny poems there are also a number of poems with strong social messages, like ‘Bully for you’. This came out of a literacy project with a primary school local to the poet’s home in London. It is a most interesting book, entirely contemporary and a good way into poetry for all the bookworms at Crown. Have you a copy in the library?